Riyadh Air Aircraft To Adopt ‘Dual-Livery’ Paint Schemes

Paris Air Show 2023

Riyadh Air Fleet To Adopt ‘Dual-Livery’ Designs

Saudi start-up Riyadh Air, which continues to consider a narrowbody jet option, is presenting one of its liveries on a Boeing 787 in Paris.

Riyadh Air lavender-indigo livery on Boeing 787 — The Boeing-owned 787 with Riyadh Air lavender-indigo livery being towed at Paris Air Show 2023. (Photo: David McIntosh)

By Cathy Buyck • Contributor - Europe

June 20, 2023

Riyadh Air is showcasing its lavender-indigo livery on a Boeing-owned 787 at the Paris Airshow and plans to reveal a second livery later this year or early next year. “We are going dual-livery. We are a start-up, the largest start-up in commercial aviation in decades, and it needs a story,” remarked Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas at a Paris Airshow media event. He remained tight-lipped on whether or not the livery will retain the same color scheme, but disclosed the current livery would not exclusively appear on the 787s it has on order.

The airline remains in the process of selecting a narrowbody and will not announce an order at the Paris Airshow. The order, which could include up to 150 Boeing 737 Max jets, will likely be announced “between the Paris Airshow and the Dubai Airshow…before the end of the year,” executives told AIN.

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